Professional Portfolio

Amelia Anderson

Job Portfolio

The following details jobs, internships, and other paid positions with intricate details relating to my work in those positions. This is to be used as a master list for building job-specific resumes to submit for job applications, where I can choose specific details that are more appropriate for the job I’m applying for.

Outreach/Education Coordinator

Energy Institute at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

August 2025 - present

Position Specifics:

  • Coordinated and attended educational visits to Colorado K-12 schools and outreach events along the front range

  • Educated many different audiences on energy basics and renewable technologies

  • Managed a team of undergraduate student employees on outreach events and education projects

  • Organized a competition event for high school students focused on engineering and design

  • Developed lesson plans on soil carbon sequestration and agrivoltaics to pilot in the mobile classroom

GIS Contractor

AgriSolar Consulting, CO

May 2025 - September 2025

Position Specifics:

  • Developed informational StoryMaps using ArcGIS Online on the basics of agrivoltaics for public and stakeholder outreach

  • Gained proficient knowledge on agrivoltaic design, electrical grid integration, stakeholder interests/concerns, and solar energy production basics

  • Managed multiple data sets of different types in ArcGIS applications

Research Assistant

Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Fort Collins, CO

August 2024 - July 2025

Position Specifics:

  • Assisted in the development of K-12 curriculum on ecology and wild horses in the western US

  • Created maps using real data related to western ecology and wild horse populations

  • Photographed wild horses and other western fauna in the field, as well as capturing landscapes and ecological dynamics through photography

  • Developed skills to navigate a working environment that wasn’t supportive of my needs as an undergraduate employee

Administrative Assistant & Peer Advisor

Dept. of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, CSU, Fort Collins, CO

August 2023 - May 2025

Position Specifics:

  • Assisted in marketing development for expanding a professional program through the department

    • Specifically, aided in the expansion of a program that started with 5 students, to 40 in a 2-year span
  • Organized department events and documents included class scheduling, syllabus archiving, and hosted seminar events

  • Managed day-to-day building tasks to foster a collaborative environment for students, researchers, and building staff

  • Advised incoming freshman and students interested in majors within the department on class selection and career goals

Mathematics Tutor

Dept. of Mathematics, CSU, Fort Collins, CO

August 2023 - May 2024

Position Specifics:

  • Tutored enrolled students in Calculus 1: derivative and integral basics with applications in biological sciences

  • Developed communication and teaching skills for a variety of audiences

Commercial Laboratory Analyst

ACT Environmental, Indianapolis, IN

July 2020 - July 2021

Position Specifics:

  • Analyzed commercial air filters for asbestos fiber presence

  • Analyzed various sample types for lead presence using mass spectronomy

  • Maintained accurate quality control for commercial regulations

  • Gained adequate lab safety knowledge and standard operating procedures

Team Manager

Graeter’s Ice Cream, Fishers, IN

January 2018 - December 2021

Position Specifics:

  • Managed daily store tasks including hour team members, accounting procedure, and store upkeep.

  • Resolved customer service conflicts while maintaining professionalism

  • Gained extensive knowledge of products sold and the processes of manufacturing them

Project Portfolio

The following details projects and other specific experiences that may be noteworthy to employers or helpful during interviews. This is to act as a “project portfolio” based on the work I have achieved rather than the job title I held.

Data Analysis - Expanding Agrivoltaics in Colorado

Project Details

  • Undergraduate project that led to the work with AgriSolar

  • Data analysis using GIS software to understand the best places for agrivoltaics in the state of Colorado

  • Various data sets and analysis techniques including raster weighted overlays

  • Project presentation and communication using ArcGIS StoryMaps and Experience Builder

Project Deliverables

Link to final StoryMap: Expanding Solar Development in Colorado

Link to Experience Builder: Suitable Areas for Agrivoltaics in Colorado

Data Analysis - Suitability for Voluntary Carbon Market Projects in a Peruvian National Park

Project Details

  • Completed as my undergraduate capstone project

  • Analyzed the suitability for reforestation and peatlands restoration in a Peruvian National Park for carbon credit in the voluntary carbon market

  • Utilized remote sensing and geospatial analysis techniques to identify areas in a specific valley with high reforestation potential and peatlands remediation potential

  • Presented a StoryMao of findings and shared results with other students working on identifying the carbon sequestration potential

Project Deliverables

Link to final StoryMap: Reforestation & Peatlands Expansion Potential

Undergraduate Research

Project Details

  • Worked on a year-long undergraduate research project on creating K-12 lesson plans on population modelling of wild horses and common fertility management practices

  • Created maps for 4 different levels to understand where wild horses are managed in the western US

  • Traveled to a Herd Management area to understand western ecology dynamic in the field while photographing wild horses

  • Presented a research poster at the end of the project

    • Awarded Warner College Honors for poster presentation at Celebrate Undergraduate Research & Creativity

Project Deliverables

Below is an example of a deliverable from this project, which included understanding population dynamics of wild horses based on physical density or the assigned population management level determined by the BLM.

Population density
Population density
Percent above designated population capacity
Percent above designated population capacity

Other Noteworthy Experiences

Club Development

Rainbow Trout Snow-Shoe Trip 2024
Rainbow Trout Snow-Shoe Trip 2024